The Empire Plan is a unique health insurance plan designed especially for public employees in New York State. Empire Plan benefits include inpatient and outpatient hospital coverage, medical/surgical coverage, Centers of Excellence for transplants, infertility and cancer, home care services, equipment and supplies, mental health and substance abuse coverage and prescription drug coverage.
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Search Memos
| Date: | October 22, 2010 |
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| Subject: | Upgrade/Implementation of HBA Help Line |
| To: | Health Benefit Administrators |
| From: | Employee Benefits Division |
| Date: | October 22, 2010 |
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| Subject: | 2010 Participating Provider Directories |
| To: | New York State Health Benefits Administrators; Participating Agency Health Benefits Administrators with The Empire Plan or The Excelsior Plan; Participating Employer Health Benefits Administrators; NYS Agency Health Benefit Administrators Student Employee |
| From: | Employee Benefits Division |
| Date: | October 19, 2010 |
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| Subject: | New NYSHIP Special Report: Covering Your Young Adult Children |
| To: | Participating Agency Health Benefit Administrators |
| From: | Employee Benefits Division |
| Date: | October 19, 2010 |
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| Subject: | Federal Health Care Reform and NYSHIP Coverage of Children to Age 26 |
| To: | Participating Agency Health Benefit Administrators (HBAs) |
| From: | Employee Benefits Division (EBD) |
| Date: | September 21, 2010 |
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| Subject: | New Reporting On Smoking Cessation Publication |
| To: | Health Benefits Administrators of Participating Agencies with The Excelsior Plan |
| From: | Employee Benefits Division |
| Date: | September 10, 2010 |
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| Subject: | Empire Plan Basic Medical Program and Non-Network Mental Health and Substance Abuse Practitioner Services Annual Deductible and Coinsurance Maximum Amounts for 2011 |
| To: | Participating Agency Health Benefits Administrators |
| From: | Employee Benefits Division |
| Date: | September 1, 2010 |
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| Subject: | NYSHIP Coverage for Volunteer Firefighters and Ambulance Workers |
| To: | Participating Agency Chief Executive Officers and Health Benefits Administrators |
| From: | Robert W. DuBois, Director of the Employee Benefits Division |
| Date: | August 25, 2010 |
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| Subject: | Eligibility of Domestic Partners' Children |
| To: | Participating Agency Employee Health Benefit Administrators |
| From: | Employee Benefits Division (EBD) |
| Date: | August 23, 2010 |
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| Subject: | Changes in Procedures for Dependent Eligibility Audit (DEAS) |
| To: | Agency Health Benefits Administrators |
| From: | Employee Benefits Division |
| Date: | August 18, 2010 |
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| Subject: | NYSHIP Regional Meetings for 2010 |
| To: | Participating Agency Chief Executive Officers & Health Benefits Administrators |
| From: | Robert W. DuBois, Director of the Employee Benefits Division |